Month: December 2020

4:55 PM ET ESPN News Services NFL owners have delayed a decision on implementing a 17-game regular season for 2021. During a teleconference call Wednesday that replaced the usual December gathering of owners in Dallas, they opted to push back any move on the expanded season until early in 2021. The NFL and the players’
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4:52 PM ET UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili‘s next fight is still up in the air. Most expected Zhang to fight former 115-pound champion Rose Namajunas in 2021, but UFC president Dana White recently told BT Sport that fight wasn’t finalized. “What I’m hearing is Rose does not want a title shot,” White said. “Rose
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11:45 AM ET Yoel Romero said his release from the UFC was “completely unexpected,” explaining that he was training with the hope that he would be one or two wins from another title shot. Instead, Romero will now work toward getting a shot at a Bellator title, and he said there’s a “huge possibility” his
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5:11 PM ET Michigan State is adding quarterback Anthony Russo, a record-setting passer at Temple, as a transfer. Russo announced his transfer destination Wednesday, tweeting that he is “blessed, honored, and excited to be a Spartan.” Blessed, Honored, and Excited to be a Spartan 🙏🏼 @MSU_Football pic.twitter.com/YymZUxBZKi — Anthony Russo (@Anthony_Russo15) December 16, 2020 Along
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league plans to invite vaccinated health care workers to the Super Bowl as guests of the league. In a letter to Rob Higgins, president of the host committee for Super Bowl 55, that was obtained by The Associated Press, Goodell wrote that he wanted
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3:18 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger has a message for everyone: Even after back-to-back losses, the Steelers aren’t panicking — and neither should anyone else. “The season is not over,” Roethlisberger said Wednesday. “I want everyone out there to just take a deep breath. I know it’s kind of crazy right now. I just
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3:02 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Although his moves fired up the Buffalo Bills, JuJu Smith-Schuster doesn’t plan to stop dancing on team logos anytime soon. The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver drew ire from fans and motivated the Bills’ players prior to Sunday night’s game when he danced on the Bills logo and posted a video
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4:17 PM ET Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson believes there is a connection between his cramping Monday night and his bout with COVID-19 over the past month. Asked Wednesday if the cramping was related to having the coronavirus recently, Jackson said, “Probably. Probably because of the body heat and we’re running in the cold. It
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3:47 PM ET Frank Ragnow went up to quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Chase Daniel early in Sunday’s loss to Green Bay and told them they would have to make the line calls the rest of the game. Because Ragnow could barely talk. At the time, Daniel thought it was funny — mostly because no one
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